i_seekthelost Time Warp Whip Lash [ Ted ]
She wasn't the only one in business attire buying groceries. There were harried mothers in pants suits trailed by small children in soccer uniforms or dressed up in pink leotards trying to sneak fruit or cookies into baskets. Lana watched them, talking away on small communicators, the ones the television called cellular phones. They seemed to juggle so much. And no one thought twice about it.
There was even a woman well into her forties with a young child carried in some sort of sling on her chest. Another woman was following her, dutifully collecting baby products. Lana had never seen a woman in her forties with a child that was her own. At first she'd assumed grandmother, grandchild and daughter. But the younger woman was too subservient. And then a discreet listen revealed she was a nanny.
One hand dropped to her waist and Lana looked away. There was so much that was new in this place. The people, the manners. She hid herself away in her office, reading papers and trying to catch up on paperwork her new secretary said she was behind on. Playing politics at a University was distasteful, but it was something she knew how to do.
Living in this new world ? It was something else entirely.
She slipped her cigarette case out of her purse, needing a smoke to sooth her nerves. She couldn't look this off put in public. She'd learned the hard way about Luthors and public appearances. But the woman with the baby turned and glared at her as she flicked on her lighter. And the younger woman dutifully disappeared around the curve of the end of the aisle.
Lana inhaled and was exhaling slowly, feeling everything tension slipping away, when a young bright eyed young man in a bright red apron came trotting after her.
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There was even a woman well into her forties with a young child carried in some sort of sling on her chest. Another woman was following her, dutifully collecting baby products. Lana had never seen a woman in her forties with a child that was her own. At first she'd assumed grandmother, grandchild and daughter. But the younger woman was too subservient. And then a discreet listen revealed she was a nanny.
One hand dropped to her waist and Lana looked away. There was so much that was new in this place. The people, the manners. She hid herself away in her office, reading papers and trying to catch up on paperwork her new secretary said she was behind on. Playing politics at a University was distasteful, but it was something she knew how to do.
Living in this new world ? It was something else entirely.
She slipped her cigarette case out of her purse, needing a smoke to sooth her nerves. She couldn't look this off put in public. She'd learned the hard way about Luthors and public appearances. But the woman with the baby turned and glared at her as she flicked on her lighter. And the younger woman dutifully disappeared around the curve of the end of the aisle.
Lana inhaled and was exhaling slowly, feeling everything tension slipping away, when a young bright eyed young man in a bright red apron came trotting after her.
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